diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase.java
index 315e15217c..179b8f9741 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase.java
@@ -327,57 +327,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase
             return project;
         }
     }
-
-    protected class PluginBuilder
-    {
-        private Plugin plugin;
-
-        public PluginBuilder( String groupId, String artifactId, String version )
-        {
-            plugin = new Plugin();
-            plugin.setGroupId( groupId );
-            plugin.setArtifactId( artifactId );
-            plugin.setVersion( version );
-        }
-
-        // Dependencies
-        //
-        public PluginBuilder addDependency( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String scope, Exclusion exclusion )
-        {
-            return addDependency( groupId, artifactId, version, scope, exclusion );
-        }
-
-        public PluginBuilder addDependency( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String scope, String systemPath )
-        {
-            return addDependency( groupId, artifactId, version, scope, systemPath, null );
-        }
-
-        public PluginBuilder addDependency( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String scope, String systemPath, Exclusion exclusion )
-        {
-            Dependency d = new Dependency();
-            d.setGroupId( groupId );
-            d.setArtifactId( artifactId );
-            d.setVersion( version );
-            d.setScope( scope );
-
-            if ( systemPath != null && scope.equals(  Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM ) )
-            {
-                d.setSystemPath( systemPath );
-            }
-
-            if ( exclusion != null )
-            {
-                d.addExclusion( exclusion );
-            }
-
-            plugin.getDependencies().add( d );
-
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        public Plugin get()
-        {
-            return plugin;
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginManagerTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginManagerTest.java
index ad9a192373..3d8306e530 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginManagerTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginManagerTest.java
@@ -214,28 +214,6 @@ public class PluginManagerTest
     public void testThatPluginDependencyThatHasSystemScopeIsResolved()
         throws Exception
     {
-        /*
-        File systemPath = new File( getBasedir(), "pom.xml" );
-
-        Plugin plugin = new PluginBuilder( "org.apache.maven", "project-test", "1.0" )
-            .addDependency( "org.apache.maven", "system-dependency", "1.0", Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM, systemPath.getAbsolutePath() )
-            .get();
-
-        MavenProject pluginProject = new ProjectBuilder( "org.apache.maven", "project-test", "1.0" )
-            .addPlugin( plugin )
-            .addDependency( "junit", "junit", "3.8.1", Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE )
-            .get();
-
-        // i'm making this artifact which is assumed to come from a pom in the metadata processor, then it tries to create a POM artifact
-        // and parse it for the dependencies and it blows up.
-        //
-        // we need to pass this through as is so it doesn't get parsed again.
-        Artifact pluginArtifact = new ProjectArtifact( pluginProject );
-
-        Set<Artifact> artifacts = pluginManager.getPluginArtifacts( pluginArtifact, plugin, getLocalRepository(), getPluginArtifactRepositories() );
-        System.out.println( artifacts );
-        */
-
         MavenSession session = createMavenSession( getProject( "project-contributing-system-scope-plugin-dep" ) );
         MavenProject project = session.getCurrentProject();
         Plugin plugin = project.getPlugin( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin" );